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[Alan McDougall]

1) Increasing instability of nature.
(Matthew 24:7 & Luke 21:11)

2) Increasing lawlessness and violence.
(Matthew 24:12)

3) Increasing immorality.
(Matthew 24:37)

4) Increasing materialism.
(2 Timothy 3:2)

5) Increasing Hedonism.
(2 Timothy 3:4)

6) Increasing influence of Humanism.
(2 Timothy 3:2)

7) Depraved entertainment.
(2 Timothy 3:4)

8) Calling evil good and good evil.
(2 Timothy 3:3 & Isaiah 5:20)

9) Increasing use of drugs.
(2 Timothy 3:3)

10) Increasing blasphemy.
(2 Timothy 3:2)

11) Increasing paganism.
(2 Timothy 3:1-4)

12) Increasing despair.
(2 Timothy 3:1)

13) Signs in the heavens.
(Luke 21:11,25)

14) Increasing knowledge.
(Daniel 12:4)

15) Increasing travel.
(Daniel 12:4)

16) The explosion of cults.
(Matthew 24:11)

17) The proliferation of false christs.
(Matthew 24:5)

18) Increasing apostasy in the Church.
(2 Timothy 4:3-5)

19) Increasing attacks on Jesus.
(Romans 1:18-19)

20) Increasing attacks on the Bible.
(Romans 1:18-19)

21) Increasing persecution of Christians.
(Matthew 24:9)

22) Increasing occultism.
(1 Timothy 4:1)

23) Wars and rumors of wars.
(Matthew 24:6)

24) Weapons of mass destruction.
(Luke 21:26)

25) Increasing famine.
(Luke 21:11)

26) Increasing pestilence.
(Luke 21:11)

27) Computer technology.
(Revelation 13:7)

28) Television.
(Revelation 11:8-9)

29) Satellite technology.
(Revelation 11:8-9)

30) Virtual reality.
(Revelation 13:14-15)

31) Unification of Europe.
(Daniel 2 & 7)

32) Far Eastern military powers.
(Revelation 9:16 & 16:12)

33) Movement toward world government.
(Daniel 7:23-26)

34) Regathering of the Jews.
(Isaiah 11:10-12)

35) Re-establishment of Israel.
(Isaiah 66:7-8)

36) Reclamation of the land of Israel.
(Ezekiel 36:34-35)

37) Revival of Biblical Hebrew.
(Zephaniah 3:9; Jeremiah 31:23)

38) Re-occupation of Jerusalem.
(Luke 21:24)

39) Resurgence of the Israeli military.
(Zechariah 12:6)

40) Re-focusing of world politics on Israel.
(Zechariah 12:3)

41) Russian threat to Israel.
(Ezekiel 38 and 39)

42) Arab threat to Israel.
(Ezekiel 35 and 36)

43) Denial of the Second Coming.
(2 Peter 3:3-4)

44) Denial of creation by God.
(Romans 1:18-22)

45) Outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
(Joel 2:28-29)

46) Translation of the Bible into many languages.
(Matthew 24:14)

47) Preaching of the Gospel worldwide.
(Matthew 24:14)

48) The revival of Messianic Judaism.
(Romans 9:27)

49) The revival of Davidic praise worship.
(Amos 9:11)

50) The understanding of Bible prophecy.
(Daniel 12:8-9)

This list could be greatly expanded, but the 50 examples above should be sufficient to show that we are living in the season of the Lord's return.

[Imaginarynumber1]

Wow. None of that is subjective....... /sarcasm
Or sourced, for that matter.

I think you're also missing Matthew 24:36.  You know, the whole part about "no man shall know the hour" etc.

Edited by Imaginarynumber1, 16 February 2012 - 07:25 AM.

[aquatus1]

Alan McDougall, on 16 February 2012 - 07:14 AM, said:

This list could be greatly expanded, but the 50 examples above should be sufficient to show that we are living in the season of the Lord's return.

Wow...

Can you even imagine how many times that sentence has been uttered in the past 2000 years?

Edited by aquatus1, 16 February 2012 - 07:25 AM.

[Rlyeh]

Alan McDougall, on 16 February 2012 - 07:14 AM, said:

This list could be greatly expanded, but the 50 examples above should be sufficient to show that we are living in the season of the Lord's return.

They were pretty pathetic actually.

Increasing instability of nature? Like Ice ages, asteroid impact, supervolcanos.. oh wait.

Increasing immorality, violence? Have you bothered to look what actions were acceptable throughout human history?

Increasing paganism? As compared to well.. when most religions were pagan?

Increasing knowledge? Oh please. Humans learn, therefore its the end times.

Computer technology.
Television.
Virtual reality.

Yeah, those verses clearly spoke of these things. You're grasping at straws.

[_Only]

The end is neigh!!!

[Englishgent]

Dont pack your bags just yet, It's going to be a long season

[Habitat]

Jerry Only, on 16 February 2012 - 08:25 AM, said:

The end is neigh!!!

Isn't that what Mr Ed said ?  

[_Only]

Habitat, on 16 February 2012 - 08:48 AM, said:

Isn't that what Mr Ed said ?  

I noticed the mistake after the fact, but I think it works just fine.

[libstaK]

Jerry Only, on 16 February 2012 - 09:13 AM, said:

I noticed the mistake after the fact, but I think it works just fine.

I thought it was deliberate and quite clever

[and then]

Uh, guys?  You're proving his point.  So far all the comments could be classified as being from "scoffers"     And as far as sourcing, what could be a more reliable source to a Christian than a book we believe to be inspired by the Creator Himself?  If a person has faith in God then everything else pales in comparison to that whereas if a person only has faith in themselves as the supreme arbiter they can be left wondering what it was all for and finding no satisfying answers.  Either way, we're all headed to the same destination and once there we'll have the answer.   see ya on the other side

[libstaK]

and then, on 16 February 2012 - 11:25 AM, said:

Uh, guys?  You're proving his point.  So far all the comments could be classified as being from "scoffers"     And as far as sourcing, what could be a more reliable source to a Christian than a book we believe to be inspired by the Creator Himself?  If a person has faith in God then everything else pales in comparison to that whereas if a person only has faith in themselves as the supreme arbiter they can be left wondering what it was all for and finding no satisfying answers.  Either way, we're all headed to the same destination and once there we'll have the answer.   see ya on the other side

Exactly, but I don't see it as proving his point, your comment cuts both ways.  He has not, for instance, given me any passage in the bible as reference which mentions Russia .....

[Fluffybunny]

It is like a 2000 year long game of "No, really THIS time there really is a wolf".

I am stunned that people fall for this stuff. I could see it when it was in the same generation of the supposed jesus...but millennium later some people still believe it.

There will always be more perceived lawlessness and so on. Our grandparents thought their kids were unruly and their grandparents thought they were unruly. It goes way back:

Quote

“Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.”

Socrates

Any quote, no matter how silly will come true if you give it long enough. We are talking thousands of years...billions of people...trillions of events. Open-ended claims are really nothing to live your life by.

On a related note, did you know that there is no definition for the word "Gullible" in the dictionary? Wild, huh?

[Lilly]

Fluffybunny, on 16 February 2012 - 11:39 AM, said:

On a related note, did you know that there is no definition for the word "Gullible" in the dictionary? Wild, huh?

Here you go Fluffy.

[Fluffybunny]

Lilly, on 16 February 2012 - 11:43 AM, said:

Here you go Fluffy.

Made you look  

[teanpa]

Interesting! Revelations has always been my favorite.